Plaque



(No Model.)

F. M. DAMMON.

PLAQUE.

No. 356,454. Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEO FRANKLIN M. DAMMON, OF NEW BEDFORD,MASSACHUSETTS.

PLAQUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,454, dated January'25, 1887.

Application filed September 30, 1886. Serial No. 214,910. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN DAMMON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, in the countyof Bristol and State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented a new and novelDevice in Plaques, ot'lwhich the following is a specification. I

My invention consists in the combination, with a plaque, of a shell, asa novel ornamentation, and also as a cover or protectionto a picturemounted on said plaque.

In the accompanying drawing, A is a plaque or card on which is mountedthe shell B. When used for ornamentation only, there may be a I 5 numberof shells attached to the plaque, ac-

cording as taste or fancy may dictate. \Vhen used as a cover orprotection for a picture, the shell is mounted on the plaque in themanner illustrated in the drawing, being hinged to the plaque A by thehinge O, composed of cloth 20 or other suitable material, one end ofwhich hinge is concealed by the bow of ribbon d and the other endattached to the shell. The picture is mounted on the space covered bythe shell.

By the use of a shell, in combination with a plaque, a new and beautifulefiect is produced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with a plaque, of a shell, as a cover or protection toa picture mounted on said plaque.

FRANKLIN M. DAMMON.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. MASON, SILAS D. DAMMON.

